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Recent Examples of animators
Skipping a week between episodes gives the writers, animators along with the crew and voice actors a little bit of breathing room.
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Meredith G. White, AZCentral.com, 20 Aug. 2025
The event will serve as a national marketplace where Thai filmmakers, screenwriters and animators can pitch directly to production houses, content investors, distributors and streaming platforms from Thailand and abroad.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 Aug. 2025
Here’s the first job on this list to dip below six figures in median salary, which is $99,800 for animators.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
The team of up to 20 animators produced an average of four seconds of animation a day.
—Blake Simons, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2025
In the meantime, after the year of self-doubt, Tartakovsky was one of the animators of the moment at Annecy this year.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 12 Aug. 2025
Both films were directed by Yang Yu, who goes by the name Jiaozi, and Beijing Enlight spared no expense on the sequel, reportedly enlisting as many as 4,000 animators to work on the project.
—Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2025
Embracing Authenticity Through Genuine Connection An early win of the evening came when Flow — a film with absolutely no dialogue created by independent animators from Latvia — won Best Animated Feature Film.
—Cynthia Pong, Jd, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
The film was produced by Rudolf Ising and Hugh Harman — two animators who bounced around from studio to studio throughout the Golden Age of Animation.
—Jeremy Fassler, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2025
Meredith G. White, AZCentral.com, 20 Aug. 2025
The event will serve as a national marketplace where Thai filmmakers, screenwriters and animators can pitch directly to production houses, content investors, distributors and streaming platforms from Thailand and abroad.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 Aug. 2025
Here’s the first job on this list to dip below six figures in median salary, which is $99,800 for animators.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
The team of up to 20 animators produced an average of four seconds of animation a day.
—Blake Simons, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2025
In the meantime, after the year of self-doubt, Tartakovsky was one of the animators of the moment at Annecy this year.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 12 Aug. 2025
Both films were directed by Yang Yu, who goes by the name Jiaozi, and Beijing Enlight spared no expense on the sequel, reportedly enlisting as many as 4,000 animators to work on the project.
—Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2025
Embracing Authenticity Through Genuine Connection An early win of the evening came when Flow — a film with absolutely no dialogue created by independent animators from Latvia — won Best Animated Feature Film.
—Cynthia Pong, Jd, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
The film was produced by Rudolf Ising and Hugh Harman — two animators who bounced around from studio to studio throughout the Golden Age of Animation.
—Jeremy Fassler, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for animators
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In Sacramento, drivers who park within 25 feet of a crosswalk — or 15 feet if the curb has a pedestrian extension or bump-out — could be fined $25, regardless of whether there is a sign or other indication that prohibits parking.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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The powerful currents of flash floods can carry drivers off the road.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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What may be the drug epidemic in the future, Smith said, so officials across agencies can work together to get ahead of it.—
Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
7 Sep. 2025
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The emergency proclamation authorizes the Hawaii National Guard to assist civilian authorities and directs all state agencies to cooperate in response efforts.—
Jon Haworth,
ABC News,
6 Sep. 2025
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Hire executors, not strategists.—
Iryna Stasiuk,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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Despite their seeming innocuousness, chatbots and image generators have already replaced everyone from graphic designers to customer service representatives.—
James Barrat,
Big Think,
2 Sep. 2025
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Very few university athletic departments are profitable, with football and men’s basketball as the primary revenue generators that outnumber their cost to the University.—
Nick LoMaglio,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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One of the main instigators, Starboard Value, is back for more.—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
2 Sep. 2025
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And the main instigators are men.—
Kamala Thiagarajan,
NPR,
31 Aug. 2025
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These centers offer further incentives to tech companies looking for enterprise customers.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
4 Sep. 2025
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Further billions are earmarked for technology upgrades, partnerships with state and local law enforcement, and retention incentives for ICE personnel.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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As catalysts for the upgrade, the bank cited sustainable same-store sales growth potential and ongoing marketing efforts.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
4 Sep. 2025
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Two of the main catalysts to the recent weakness have been concerns about global debt and inflation.—
JJ Kinahan,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Using a mouse model lacking the Cntnap2 gene, scientists recorded heightened activity in the RTN when animals faced stimuli such as light flashes or air puffs.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Sep. 2025
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Six years later, scientists at Yale showed that at the precise moment of conscious awareness of stimuli, a wave of electrical activity flows from the visual cortex located at the rear of the brain to the frontal lobes.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Animators.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/animators. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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